Demand for vultures in West Africa threatens central African populations

Mongabay
Jun 19, 2026, 6:21 am349 ptsTop
Conservationists warn that vulture populations in central African countries like Chad are increasingly at risk due to belief-based use in Nigeria and Benin. Abiola Sylvestre Chaffra, a researcher at the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin, told Mongabay he was out in Chad, photographing vultures, when a man…

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